live in is presidential race. live in california where voters are going to the polls today and we are looking at how immigration is shaping the debate. in the uk, the chancellor will unveil tomorrow, debate. in the uk, the chancellor will unveiltomorrow, it debate. in the uk, the chancellor will unveil tomorrow, it would be the last one before the general election. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc, i am rich preston we start with a focus on the israel—gaza war — and israel's biggest ally, the us which is putting pressure on israel to allow more aid into gaza. let's hearfrom president biden who has been speaking about the need for israel to allow more aid into the strip.

iam i am working with them very hard and we must get more aid into gaza. no excuses. the us secretary of state has also been calling on israel to maximise every possible means of getting aid into gaza. speaking before talks with qatar's prime minister, antony blinken said conditions in the territory were unacceptable and unsustainable. take a listen. it is also urgent, irrespective of the cease—fire to dramatically increase — the cease—fire to dramatically increase this of getting to people inside _ increase this of getting to people inside gaza. the situation for children. _ inside gaza. the situation for children, women, for men, the crossfire — children, women, for men, the crossfire hamas is making inside of gaza is— crossfire hamas is making inside of gaza is unacceptable and unsustainable. israel is to maximise every— unsustainable. israel is to maximise every possible means, every possible

method _ every possible means, every possible method of _ every possible means, every possible method of getting assistance to people — method of getting assistance to people who needed. method of getting assistance to people who need it. earlier, the world health organisation warned of extreme malnutrition among children in the north of the gaza strip, where hardly any aid is arriving. gaza's health ministry — which is controlled by hamas — says that at gaza's kamal adwan hospital fifteen children have died of hunger and dehydration. let's hear from the father of one of the children who died. he died and his fate is become known to us but what is the fate of children like ali, the children who suffer from children like ali, the children who sufferfrom hunger was met with children like ali, the children who suffer from hunger was met with the find someone to save them or will they die? my son ali already died. to save children like ali, he was born in wartime to save children like ali, he was born in war time and no food or anything for his mother to eat and now as a matter that caused kidney failure. ali's life became worse and worse we try to treatment hospitals but there was no help and now ali

has passed away in his death is affected us all it was a shock to me and his mother. he died in front of the entire world which kept watching them pass away. him pass away. meanwhile the israeli bombardments continue.this bombardments continue. this is nuseirat in central gaza where palestinians search the rubble for survivors, after a residential area was destroyed in a strike.and this is in the southern city of rafah, where more than a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. it too has coming under regular israeli bombardments. this all comes as international mediators and negotiators from hamas are in egypt for a third day to discuss a ceasefire — despite israel's refusal to send a delegation. israel says it will not participate until hamas provides a list of hostages taken in the attacks on israel on october 7th. hamas says that's not possible. here's president biden again, urging a ceasefire by ramadan. the hostage deal is in the hands of hamas right now, because they're

going to offer a rational offer. the israelis have agreed to it, and we'll wait and see what hamas does. do you think it'll be done by ramadan? if we get into the situation where this continues to ramadan, israeland jerusalem could be very dangerous. so we're trying hard for that cease—fire. this is what our correspondent wyre davies, who is injerusalem, had to say. is ally the united states, and there is hope that this will happen before ramadan and how positive is this looking? ramadan and how positive is this lookin: ? ., , , ramadan and how positive is this lookina? , ., , ., looking? hope might be overstating it, there's looking? hope might be overstating it. there's a — looking? hope might be overstating it, there's a lot _ looking? hope might be overstating it, there's a lot of— looking? hope might be overstating it, there's a lot of pressure - looking? hope might be overstating it, there's a lot of pressure to - looking? hope might be overstating it, there's a lot of pressure to sit. it, there's a lot of pressure to sit around the table although indirectly and agree to some sort of temporary cease—fire before the week in the

start of the holy month of ramadan. that is the artificial deadline put there but also from the testimony from the dire humanitarian situation imparts gaza and people are notjust dying from israeli bombs and rockets and people are dying according to the world health organization and local health officials from malnutrition, hunger and disease and worsening humanitarian situation and seems to be trying to criticism from america and several other countries for this belligerent participants to sit around as negotiations and hammer out a cease—fire although it's been three days since the israelis have been refusing to go to egypt and the egyptian capital because they say hamas is refusing to provide a list of those hostages were still alive and would be exchanged as part of any deal. thank

ou ve exchanged as part of any deal. thank you very much- _ exchanged as part of any deal. thank you very much- it _ exchanged as part of any deal. thank you very much. it is _ exchanged as part of any deal. thank you very much. it is super— exchanged as part of any deal. thank you very much. it is super tuesday i you very much. it is super tuesday and the it's super tuesday in the united states. it's the biggest day so far in the 2024 race for the white house. the republican contest will be in all of these 15 states. the democrats are voting in the same states, except alaska. there will also be caucuses in american samoa. and we'll get the results of the democratic contest in iowa, which has been ongoing by post for several weeks. presidentjoe biden faces little opposition on the democratic side and is all but guaranteed his party's nomination. and on the republican side, donald trump expects more triumphs over his only remaining rival, nikki haley. california is the biggest prize on super tuesday, with 169 delegates up for grabs. the state has also become a focal point for the us—mexico border issue — with immigration a top concern for vote rs. as texas tightens its border response, migrants are choosing routes further west. california and arizona now account

for 60% of all illegal border crossings, according to our partner cbs news. we will be live with sumi somaskanda in california in a moment. but now let's take a look at her report from san ysidro, the border crossing near san diego. tell us about the significance of a victory in california for delegates. as you have said step to this is the largest native delegates are donald trump marching towards securing the combinations and this is a state but we are seeing a lot of candidates spend a lot of energy looking at immigration as well. that is one of the reasons why we wanted to come here and the introduction and we are seeing some of the patterns of immigration shift away from texas where we saw dueling images in the current presidentjoe biden and donald trump visiting the border

last week to arizona where we were a few days ago and california with the immigration patterns changing, we wanted to get away from the politics of washington and get an idea of how it's impacting border communities in the region. take a look at what we found. it isjust the region. take a look at what we found. it is just before dawn. just another day at the southern border. a group of migrants has gathered on the strip of land between mexico and the strip of land between mexico and the us. with the ngo american friends service committee is delivering rain gear and food, a vital lifeline for those who needed. she says she left behind a hard life

in ecuador and a difficultjourney. she tells us they were good and bad people along the way. —— there were. africa, asia and south america fleeing violence where economic hardships in the crossings of the san diego has become a new focal point in the surge of migrants crossing into the us. the first step in the newjourney for these migrants, they boarded buses to a processing centre in the number of people crossings of the san diego is “p people crossings of the san diego is up 72% on last year and that is a number that is overwhelming everyone. i number that is overwhelming everyone-— everyone. i would say are communities _ everyone. i would say are i communities overwhelmed. everyone. i would say are - communities overwhelmed. she everyone. i would say are _ communities overwhelmed. she says her account he _ communities overwhelmed. she says her account he had _ communities overwhelmed. she says her account he had a _ communities overwhelmed. she says her account he had a solution, - her account he had a solution, short—term facilities that provided basic necessities but then funding ran out and she wrote a letter to president biden asking for help stop

till i want to make sure the biden administration and congressman realise we can get past the politics and talk about the crisis for what it is, people from persecution whoever legal right to come to the united states with dignity and respect its template did you get an answer from the white house? hat answer from the white house? not et. answer from the white house? not yet- president _ answer from the white house? not yet. president biden _ answer from the white house? not yet. president biden travelled - answer from the white house? not yet. president biden travelled to i yet. president biden travelled to texas inserted _ yet. president biden travelled to texas inserted from _ yet. president biden travelled to texas inserted from a _ yet. president biden travelled to texas inserted from a president| texas inserted from a president trump. he blamed biden for the immigration crisis.— trump. he blamed biden for the immigration crisis. being overrun by the biden migrant _ immigration crisis. being overrun by the biden migrant crime. _ immigration crisis. being overrun by the biden migrant crime. he - immigration crisis. being overrun by the biden migrant crime. he calledl the biden migrant crime. he called on congress _ the biden migrant crime. he called on congress to _ the biden migrant crime. he called on congress to pass _ the biden migrant crime. he called on congress to pass bipartisan - on congress to pass bipartisan legislation —— joe on congress to pass bipartisan legislation ——joe biden called. mr; legislation -- joe biden called. my friends legislation —— joe biden called. m friends in congress legislation —— joe biden called. m1: friends in congress backing this bill to show a little spine. he has the capability _ bill to show a little spine. he has the capability to _ bill to show a little spine. he has the capability to secure - bill to show a little spine. he has the capability to secure the - the capability to secure the border, he does _ the capability to secure the border, he does not — the capability to secure the border, he does not need _ the capability to secure the border, he does not need a _ the capability to secure the border, he does not need a bill— the capability to secure the border, he does not need a bill to- the capability to secure the border, he does not need a bill to do- the capability to secure the border, he does not need a bill to do that. i

he does not need a bill to do that. a county— he does not need a bill to do that. a county supervisor— he does not need a bill to do that. a county supervisor who - he does not need a bill to do that. a county supervisor who went - he does not need a bill to do that. | a county supervisor who went with this team to see where migrants are being dropped off in the city and he is calling on the white house to take action now.— is calling on the white house to take action now. many 24 so current laws by securing _ take action now. many 24 so current laws by securing the _ take action now. many 24 so current laws by securing the border -- - take action now. many 24 so current laws by securing the border -- we . laws by securing the border —— we need _ laws by securing the border —— we need to— laws by securing the border —— we need to enforce _ laws by securing the border —— we need to enforce our— laws by securing the border —— we need to enforce our current - laws by securing the border —— we need to enforce our current laws. | need to enforce our current laws. bus after— need to enforce our current laws. bus after bus _ need to enforce our current laws. bus after bus arrived _ need to enforce our current laws. bus after bus arrived at _ bus after bus arrived at this transit centre around 600 migrants that they are dropped off your and left on their own. the vast majority are travelling on words to cities across the us. migrants from all over the world continue to arrive and this is just one of hundreds of border crossings and aid agencies taking action when they say lawmakers have not.- taking action when they say lawmakers have not. , , .,, lawmakers have not. this is the most owerful lawmakers have not. this is the most powerful country _ lawmakers have not. this is the most powerful country in _ lawmakers have not. this is the most powerful country in the _ lawmakers have not. this is the most powerful country in the history - lawmakers have not. this is the most powerful country in the history of- powerful country in the history of humanity. to not be able to provide

a little bit of dignity and humanity to these people is irresponsible, it is inhumane and it is undignified. solutions will not come here at the border, they have to come from washington but both sides see miles apart. what underlining one of the points we saw in the report, the people who are arriving in san diego, the vast majority of them are not staying in san diego or staying in california, who spoke to many migrants who arrived and said they're heading to new york, chicago, pennsylvania, places where they have family and friends they can try to settle and find a job here in the us. thank you very much and will have a programme or you can also get the latest on bbc news website.

still to come on the world today — one more russian warship out of action. ukraine claims to have sunk this latest one using high—tech sea drones. and it was "individual error" apparently that led to germany's recent embarrassment over the leaking of military secrets. around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. unions representing senior doctors in england have given their backing to an improved pay offer. the deal includes an extra three—thousand pounds for those a few years into their consultant careers. the proposals will now be put to union members to see if they're willing to accept. consultants have staged four strikes in their pay dispute so far. a toxic environment in swimming clubs in england has enabled abusive training practices and bullying to exist for years — a review has found. it says extreme competitiveness led to an �*ongoing and systemic�* culture

of fear at all levels of aquatic sports and was a major threat to its future. the governing body has apologised. new rules are being introduced in northern ireland to restrict the ownership of xl bully dogs. the animals will have to be muzzled and on a lead in public. new legislation will also require owners to get an exemption certificate for their xl bully. the breeding and selling of the dogs will be banned. you're live with bbc news. here in the uk, the chancellor will unveil his budget tomorrow — it could well be the last one before the general election. it's being reported that the government will cut national insurance by two pence in the pound. it's also expected thatjeremy hunt will tell councils in england to reduce their spending on consultants and diversity schemes. let's speak to our political correspondent damian grammaticas

talk us through those two headlines, national insurance local councils, what do we need to know? national insurance, that _ what do we need to know? national insurance, that is _ what do we need to know? national insurance, that is the _ what do we need to know? national insurance, that is the big _ what do we need to know? national insurance, that is the big thing and | insurance, that is the big thing and it seems to be the centrepiece of the government has been denying it and they've been talking about all day across all sorts of different media is what is expected. what we know for certain is the government wants to put it at the heart of this budget some sort of reduction in personal taxes, budget some sort of reduction in personaltaxes, if budget some sort of reduction in personal taxes, if you step back and the important things here are this will likely be the last budget before an election there has to be an election call sometime this year and some key political moments for the government and we know that the chancellor and the prime ministers say they want to deliver some sort of reduction in personal taxes but

the problem they have in the backdrop of that as an economic backdrop of that as an economic backdrop that is very difficult. a tax burden and the overall taxes individuals are paying is multi—decade hi and under this government, the same time, they have tipped into this with the figures and not a very healthy economic background but what they want to do with the election is tried to deliver some sort of good news or feel—good factor and it seems the way they might do that is there national insurance the levy basically on workers not paid by a retired or by general wider and comes it's a slightly cheaper way of making a tax cut and they would reduce that by two percentage points in the average worker and average salary of around £35,000 a year is around four to £50 a year that they would benefit from that and not a huge amount, enough to make a little

bit of a difference in the other thing you're talking about our councils being directed to reduce and it is really a tiny thing that's more political signalfrom and it is really a tiny thing that's more political signal from the government that they want councils to be tightening their spending too and the problem is they have already received very deep financial difficulties and a distraction from the real issues. thank you very much and there's much more on the politics page of the bbc news website. on friday night, a spanish couple said they were assaulted by a group of men and they see the woman was raped by those men and it happened in the eastern state. they have arrested a total of eight men in connection to the

attack the number of cases of sexual violence are some of the highest in the world. india registered... that is an average of 86 every day and nearly 49 cases of crime against women launched every single hour. to ukraine now, kyiv has confirmed the sinking of the russian patrol ship after being attacked by sea drones. this footage, released by the ministry of defence in ukraine, purported to show the sergey kotov damaged by drones. our news correspondent nick eardley and the bbc verify team have taken a look into these videos. the war in ukraine has been going on for two years now, but in the last few months, there's been a lot of important activity here in the black sea. have a look at this. these three dots that are popping up. sure. ukrainian attacks on russian ships since the start of february,

according to ukraine. all three of these ships sunk. that's a pretty significant attack on russia's navy. let's focus in on the one that happened overnight, reportedly down here in the kerch strait. have a look at this video. this was released by ukraine and we're told that it shows the drone attack on a ship called the sergei kotov. we have this video up at the top, too, which was posted by russian bloggers on telegram. you can see the similar similarities in the explosion. that makes us confident that both of these videos are from the same incident. i want to show you a bit, too, about what we've done to verify whether this is the ship in question, the sergey kotov. have a look here. this is from last night. this is a stock picture of the ship. if you look at the characteristics here, here and here, they are pretty similar. the boats have the same structure. on this one, we can't

see a name or a number, so we can't be completely certain that it is the ship. but as you can see, they look very similar and we're confident that this is at least the same type of ship. there are different claims at the moment about the impact that this attack overnight has. ukraine claims that have been casualties. some well connected russian bloggers have said on social media that everyone on board was evacuated. moscow officially hasn't said anything, which is pretty normal for these situations. but finally, let's go back to this map of recent attacks since the start of february in the black sea. there are always claims and counterclaims in war, but there is growing evidence that ukrainian attacks in the black sea are having an impact. this latest incident has taken place after more than two years of war in ukraine — since russia's full scale invasion in february 2022.

in an official visit to the czech republic, the french president emmanuel macron has encouraged the western allies to continue supporting kyiv. required that we are not cowardly. we do _ required that we are not cowardly. we do not — required that we are not cowardly. we do not want to see the tragedies to come _ we do not want to see the tragedies to come and what is at stake. i think— to come and what is at stake. i think both _ to come and what is at stake. i think both our countries are aware of what _ think both our countries are aware of what is — think both our countries are aware of what is unfolding in europe. the fact that _ of what is unfolding in europe. the fact that the wars being waged in our territory. that power is that have _ our territory. that power is that have become unstoppable pose bigger threats— have become unstoppable pose bigger threats each day of attacking us. we will have _ threats each day of attacking us. we will have to — threats each day of attacking us. we will have to be up to this historic challenge — will have to be up to this historic challenge and the courage that it calls for — i've been speakingwith dr marina miron who's with the war studies department at king's college london. ukraine needs ammunition. artillery

shells and the problem with that is their standards the eu has for these kinds of munitions, meaning that procuring these be slightly problematic but this is something ukraine needs badly right now and might be air defence systems but how far can go to find other suppliers of air defence systems will we know most of the industries located in the united states european union and allies. it may be difficult to meet those demands and a short amount of time because of the issues and the lack of resources. there's been more embarrassment for germany today, after new details emerged about how russian intelligence managed to eavesdrop on a high level military call about ukraine. germany's defence minister has admitted that one of the participants on the call dialled in on an unauthorised

connection, while in singapore for an airshow. in the call, germany's air force chief discusses the possible delivery of taurus cruise missiles to ukraine — something which chancellor olaf scholz has publicly so far, rejected. let's take a listen to some of that alleged leak recording. let me start with what could be the most critical thing that might happen given the current discussions. if the chancellor does provide us with the tourist missiles, one aspect is the timing of this. we would say that's great, but it will take another eight months until he can use it. secondly, there's no way of speeding up the process because of the danger mishaps and missiles going down on nursery, causing civilian victims. germany says the leak was a russian "hybrid disinformation telling reporters it was a matter

for germany to investigate by britain would continue to work together with germany to support ukraine. critics say germany has underestimated its security threats. german defence minister has insisted the trust in germany is unbroken. russia takes a different view. the kremlin says it shows germany's armed forces were discussing plans to launch strikes in russian territory. the element on what basis and who allowed germany to behave in this and who allowed germany to behave in thi ._ and who allowed germany to behave in thi ., ., ., ., , this way in relation to our country and they are _ this way in relation to our country and they are obliged _ this way in relation to our country and they are obliged not - this way in relation to our country and they are obliged not to - this way in relation to our country and they are obliged not to just i and they are obliged not to just answer these questions, they are obliged to answer for their aggressive policy. 15 us states and one territory, people going to pick their

candidates and this is charlottesville in virginia picking their nominee and much more still to come. see you soon. good evening. it certainly has been a day of mixed fortunes for some. after a frosty start, we had some lovely spells of sunshine. just take a look at this beautiful weather watcher picture of lancashire just a few hours ago. but there was quite a lot of cloud around for others and the cloud thick enough for some drizzle. you can sense it's quite cold for the dog walk today in swanage and dorset, and despite the drizzle, you still needed that umbrella because it really does wet you through from time to time, doesn't it? this has been the story earlier on.

you can see where the cloud has been sitting across western scotland, through east anglia and down along the south coast. now, the weather front that brought the cloud stubbornly sitting along exposed east coasts, will continue to feed in quite a lot of cloud through the night. bit more of a breeze here and the cloud and the breeze will prevent temperatures from falling too far. but where we have got some clearer skies once again, well, we could see a touch of frost and maybe some patchy fog. favoured areas for that likely to be across east wales, the midlands and down towards dorset. a little more cloud towards the southwest and here, maybe a few scattered showers as we go through the day. but the frost will lift, there'll be some sunshine coming through — a better morning for northern ireland. we keep some cloud into eastern scotland and northeast england. the cloud will break up, but we could see a few isolated showers through lincolnshire down into the southeast. temperatures in the sun, 11—12 degrees, where we keep the cloud, only around 7—9 celsius. not much change in the weather pattern as we go through friday. we still got this southeasterly flow

continuing to drag in cloud from time to time off the north sea and a bit more of a strengthening breeze here. so, sheltered western areas seeing the best of the sunshine and potentially the warmth when that sunshine comes through. the cloud may be thick enough at times to produce the odd isolated shower. in terms of the feel of the weather, though, we're still looking at temperatures widely into the double digits. maybe if you keep that cloud lingering across the northeast coast, it'll say at around 8—9 degrees. stronger breeze — 35—40 mile gusts of wind on friday before an area of low pressure could bring some showery outbreaks of rain into the southwest for the start of the weekend, so it looks somewhat like this. after a dry spell, we could see some wetter and windy weather into the far southwest.

this is the world today from bbc news. the headlines. president biden has warned israel there are no excuses for not allowing more aid into gaza. he also blamed hamas for the impasse over peace talks. the united nations finds grounds to support reports of rape and other sexual violence during the hamas attack of october the 7th. in the caribbean, spiralling violence in haiti as armed gangs have tried to storm the main airport

in an attempt to prevent the return of the trimester. the price of cryptocurrency bitcoin hit an all—time high, surging to more than $69,000. and st. paul's cathedral makes a secret hidden library available for a once—in—a—lifetime state. that's all coming up on the programme. let's go to china. whilst it is super the issue of the us election is something which has also come up in china which has been holding the biggest event in its political calendar, the national people's congress. it's a gathering of nearly 3,000 lawmakers — it is the largest legislative body in the world. the country's premier, li qiang, delivered a major address on china's economy where he announced plans to boost growth and, once again, increase military spending. but one question which was not addressed was who the authorities

in beijing would like to see winning the race for the white house.